"pavane" > wrote:
> "Island Man" > wrote in message
> om...
>
> > ........
> > "The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are
> > the vegetarian miners of Chile." -- Charles Darwin
> > ........
>
> Yes, that explains it. I always thought that vegetarians were
> born just like us, but mining them from the earth...yeah, that
> explains the head-in-the-ground stupidity and everything.
>
Much of their energy was derived from the fact that they had a 'halpa'. or
coca break, where they sucked leaves, three times a day.

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Nick, Retired in the San Fernando Valley www.boonchoo.com
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